Judith

Judith \ju-dit(h), jud-i-th\ is a female's name. It consists of 6 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby girl name Judith is pronounced JHUWDih-TH (English). It is pronounced in French as ZHuwDIYT or in German as YUWDihT ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Judith: JH as in "joy (JH.OY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; TH as in "theme (TH.IY.M)" ; ZH as in "beige (B.EY.ZH" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)"

What is the origin of Judith?

Judith has its origins in the Hebrew language. It is used largely in English, French, and German. Biblical name: The name Judith means 'woman from Judea'. Yehudhith (Hebrew) is an original form of the name. The name was borne in the Bible by one of the Hittite wives of Esau. In the apocryphal Book of Judith, Judith was described as a beautiful widow who saved her people from the invading Assyrians by killing the general Holofernes. Prior to the Norman Conquest, the name was already used by English speakers, for example by King Alfred the Great's stepmother in the late 9th century. The name was also popular with Jews. In the 11th century, the name was known from the niece of William the Conqueror. The second daughter of William Shakespeare also bore the name in the late 16th century. In the 17th century, the name became more regular among English Puritans. In Scotland and Ireland, it has been taken as an Anglicization of the Gaelic Siubhan and Siobhán. The name Judith is used to a great extent; it has 44 variant transcriptions that are used in both English and foreign languages. English variant transcriptions of Judith comprise Hudes name popularity, name Hutia, name Ioudith meaning (used in Greek as well), short names for Jucika (used in Hungarian as well), Judah name, what does the name Judana mean, name Judeana, nicknames for Judee, Judeena definition, Judey name, Judi meaning of name, Judie name variations, Judine pronounciation, Judite pronounciation (used in Latvian and Portuguese as well), Juditt definition, short names for Judye, Judytha definition, Judythe definition, and meaning of Julitta. Other English forms comprise the contracted forms Jodi definition (used in Hebrew as well), nicknames for Jodie, and name Judy meaning (used in Hebrew as well), the diminutives name Jodee origin, Jody meaning of name, and Jude definition, and the spelling variants Judithe name (used in French as well) and Judyth name. Variation transcriptions used in foreign languages comprise Giuditta name (Italian), Giulia meaning and origin (Italian), Iudita meaning of name (Romanian), Jitka name (Czech), short names for Juci (Hungarian), Judit name popularity (Hungarian and Scandinavian), Judita meaning of name (Czech, Lithuanian, and Slavic), Juditha name variations (German), name Judyta origin (Polish), Jutka pronounciation (Dutch and Hungarian), Yehudit name variations (Hebrew), name Yehudith origin (Hebrew), Yudif meaning of name (Russian), and Yudita pronounciation (Russian). The diminutives Juta name popularity (German), name Jutta origin (German and Scandinavian), and baby name Jutte (German) are other foreign variant transcriptions. Judith is an all-time favorite. Currently it is still somewhat popular as a baby girl name, but not as a lot as it was in the past. The name's popularity increased from the 1900s up to the 1940s. Its usage peaked in 1940 with 1.894% of baby girls being named Judith. It had a ranking of #4 then. The baby name has substantially slipped in popularity since then. In 2010, it ranked at #879 with a usage of only 0.015%, was nevertheless the most regularly used among all girl names in its family. The name Judith has mainly been a baby girl name, although it has also been given to boys in the last century. There were 384 times as many baby girls than boys who were named Judith in 1946.

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The baby name Judith fun facts:

The name Judith in reverse order is "Htiduj".

The numerological value of the name Judith is number 9, which means humanitarian, giving nature, selflessness, obligations, creative expression.

How popular is Judith?

Judith is in the top names in USA.